Packaging Box and Packaging Method

Abstract

A packaging box includes a shelf portion which partitions an interior of the packaging box into an upper space and a lower space, an inner flap which is located above the shelf portion as an inner lid and which is bendable to a closed position where the inner flap faces the shelf portion while extending parallel thereto, and a hold-down piece which is disposed at a position facing the inner flap at the closed position in the shelf portion and which has a first bent portion bendable to protrude outward in a middle portion of the hold-down piece, the hold-down piece formed by cutting and raising the shelf portion to be capable of standing in a tilted state where a distal end side thereof extends toward a first side portion.

Description

CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION

This application is based upon and claims the benefit of priority from the prior Japanese Patent Application No. 2017-243444 (filing date: Dec. 20, 2017), the entire contents of which are incorporated herein by reference.

TECHNICAL FIELD

The present invention relates to a packaging box and a packaging method.

RELATED ART

There is known a packaging box having a structure in which accessories can be packaged together with a product (see Japanese Patent Application Publication No. 2002-274527). In the packaging box described in Japanese Patent Application Publication No. 2002-274527, slit portions are formed in a set of inner flaps which are provided in the box and which open like double doors to tuck and fix a user manual being an accessory.

SUMMARY

Although the structure of the slit portions in the packaging box described in Japanese Patent Application Publication No. 2002-274527 allows a thin user manual to be tucked, the tucking is difficult when the user manual is thick. Moreover, user manuals vary in thickness or the number of documents to be packaged, depending on the specifications of products and countries to which to deliver the products, so that user manuals generally vary in entire thickness (height). The box described in Japanese Patent Application Publication No. 2002-274527 cannot hold the user manuals varying in thickness as described above and there is room for improvement.

The same applies to the case where the accessory is not a booklet but a flat separate packaging box.

An object of the present invention is to provide a packaging box and a packaging method which can preferably hold an accessory regardless of its thickness.

A packaging box according to the first aspect of the present invention includes a shelf portion which partitions an interior of the packaging box into an upper space and a lower space, an inner flap which is located above the shelf portion as an inner lid and which is bendable to a closed position where the inner flap faces the shelf portion while extending parallel thereto, and a hold-down piece which is disposed at a position facing the inner flap at the closed position in the shelf portion and which has a first bent portion bendable to protrude outward in a middle portion of the hold-down piece, the hold-down piece formed by cutting and raising the shelf portion to be capable of standing in a tilted state where a distal end side thereof extends toward a first side portion.

A packaging method according to the second aspect of the present invention uses the packaging box according to the first aspect. The packaging method includes causing the hold-down piece to stand in the tilted state where a distal end portion of the hold-down piece is located above a lower surface of the inner flap at the closed position while bending the first bent portion to make it protrude outward. An object to be packaged is placed on the shelf portion such that the object to be packaged comes into contact or is capable of coming into contact with a tilted portion of the hold-down piece on a base side of the first bent portion, and the inner flap is brought to the closed position and caused to bias the hold-down piece downward so as to cause the packaging box to hold the object to be packaged between the tilted portion and each of the shelf portion and the first side portion.

A packaging method according to the third aspect of the present invention uses a packaging box comprising a shelf portion which partitions an interior of the packaging box into an upper space and a lower space, an inner flap which is located above the shelf portion as an inner lid and which is bendable to a closed position where the inner flap faces the shelf portion while extending parallel thereto, and a hold-down piece which is disposed at a position facing the inner flap at the closed position in the shelf portion and which the hold-down piece formed by cutting and raising the shelf portion to be capable of standing in a tilted state where a distal end side thereof extends toward a first side portion. The hold-down piece is caused to stand in the tilted state where a distal end portion of the hold-down piece is located above a lower surface of the inner flap at the closed position. An object to be packaged on the shelf portion is placed such that the object to be packaged comes into contact or is capable of coming into contact with a tilted portion on a base side of the hold-down piece, and bringing the inner flap to the closed position and causing the inner flap to bias the hold-down piece downward to cause the packaging box to hold the object to be packaged between the tilted portion and each of the shelf portion and the first side portion.

A packaging box and a packaging method according to the aspects of the present invention can preferably hold an accessory regardless of its thickness.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a box 51 which is Example 1 of a packaging box according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view at the position S2-S2 in FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a partial cross-sectional view illustrating a first holding mode of an accessory in the box 51;

FIG. 4 is a partial cross-sectional view illustrating a second holding mode of the accessory in the box 51;

FIG. 5 is a partial cross-sectional view illustrating a third holding mode of the accessory in the box 51;

FIG. 6 is a partial cross-sectional view illustrating a first holding state of the accessory in a box 51B which is Example 2 of a packaging box according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 7 is a partial cross-sectional view illustrating a second holding mode of the accessory in the box 51B;

FIG. 8 is a partial cross-sectional view illustrating a third holding mode of the accessory in the box 51B;

FIG. 9 is a partial cross-sectional view for explaining a holding mode of the accessory in the box 51B;

FIG. 10 is a partial cross-sectional view illustrating a modified example of the box 51;

FIG. 11 is a partial cross-sectional view illustrating a holding mode of the accessories in the modified example of the box 51;

FIG. 12 is a partial cross-sectional view illustrating a modified example of the box 51B;

FIG. 13 is a partial cross-sectional view illustrating a holding mode of the accessories in the modified example of the box 51B; and

FIG. 14 is a perspective view illustrating another modified example of the box 51.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

In the following detailed description, for purposes of explanation, numerous specific details are set forth in order to provide a thorough understanding of the disclosed embodiments. It will be apparent, however, that one or more embodiments may be practiced without these specific details. In other instances, well-known structures and devices are schematically shown in order to simplify the drawing.

Description will be hereinbelow provided for embodiments of the present invention by referring to the drawings. It should be noted that the same or similar parts and components throughout the drawings will be denoted by the same or similar reference signs, and that descriptions for such parts and components will be omitted or simplified. In addition, it should be noted that the drawings are schematic and therefore different from the actual ones.

A packaging box according to an embodiment of the present invention is described by using a box 51 of Example 1 and a box 51B of Example 2.

Example 1

FIG. 1 is a perspective view illustrating the box 51 of Example 1 in an open state before being sealed. The directions of left, right, up, down, front and rear are defined as illustrated by the arrows in FIG. 1 for the sake of explanation. The box 51 is a so-called bottom assembly type corrugated box with a tuck in flap and the material property thereof is, for example, E flute.

As illustrated in FIG. 1, the box 51 includes four side portions of a front face portion 1a, a right face portion 1b, a rear face portion 1c, and a left face portion 1d and, for example, is assembled into a frame shape by being glued at a glue tab at a corner portion connecting the left face portion 1d and the front face portion 1a. A bottom portion 1e is formed by combining four bottom flaps formed to be connected to lower portions of the respective side surfaces. A right inner flap 2b and a left inner flap 2d are formed to be connected respectively to upper portions of the right face portion 1b and the left face portion 1d. A lid 2c which is an outer flap is formed to be connected to an upper portion of the rear face portion 1c.

A shelf wall portion 3a partitioning the inside of the box 51 into upper and lower portions is formed to be connected to an upper portion of the front face portion 1a. In the shelf wall portion 3a, the direction of the arrow FL is the flute direction. FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view at a position S2-S2 in FIG. 1 and FIGS. 1 and 2 illustrate a used state where the shelf wall portion 3a is bent in a predetermined procedure.

In the used state, the shelf wall portion 3a includes a reference plane portion 3a1 which extends rearward from the front face portion 1a side at a position where the height from a lower surface of the bottom portion 1e is a reference height Ha, a step portion 3a2 which is connected to a rear portion of the reference plane portion 3a1 and extends downward to a predetermined depth, a shelf portion 3a3 which horizontally extends rearward from a lower end of the step portion 3a2, and an abutting portion 3a4 which extends upward from a rear end of the shelf portion 3a3. The dimensions of the shelf wall portion 3a are set such that the abutting portion 3a4 slightly pushes an inner surface of the rear face portion 1c rearward.

A space inside the box 51 is divided into upper and lower portions by the shelf portion 3a3. A packaging material Pa in which a product is packaged is housed in a lower space Va being a space on the lower portion. The product is for example, a video camera. The position of the shelf wall portion 3a in an up-down direction is determined by bringing the shelf wall portion 3a into contact with an upper portion of the packaging material Pa. Specifically, the height position of an upper surface of the shelf portion 3a3 in the shelf wall portion 3a is determined to be a position below the reference height Ha by a height Hb. An accessory 61 which is a packaged object is housed in an upper space Vb which is a space in the upper portion. The accessory 61 is, for example, a booklet such as a user manual, a connection cable, a power adaptor, or the like.

As illustrated in FIG. 1, an inspection hole 5a, a left engagement slit 5b, a right engagement slit 5c, and a hold-down piece portion 7 are formed in the shelf portion 3a3 in this order from the left side. The inspection hole 5a is an opening used to visually check whether the packaging material Pa is housed in the lower space Va in the used state of the shelf wall portion 3a. The left engagement slit 5b engages (arrow DR1) with an engagement protruding piece 2d2 which is part of an engagement piece 2d1 when the left inner flap 2d is bent, the engagement piece 2d1 protruding from a front end of the left inner flap 2d. By this engagement, the engagement piece 2d1 becomes a supporting wall standing in the up-down direction and maintains the left inner flap 2d in a horizontal position. Similarly, the right engagement slit 5c engages (arrow DR2) with an engagement protruding piece 2b2 which is part of an engagement piece 2b1 when the right inner flap 2b is bent, the engagement piece 2b1 protruding from a front end of the right inner flap 2b. By this engagement, the engagement piece 2b1 becomes a supporting wall standing in the up-down direction and maintains the right inner flap 2b in a horizontal position.

The left inner flap 2d and the right inner flap 2b are bent to be set to the horizontal positions and then the lid 2c is bent (arrow DR3) to cause an engagement portion 2c1 to engage with a lid engagement portion 1a1 formed in an upper portion of the front face portion 1a. By this engagement, the lid 2c is maintained in a closed state. As an engagement structure between the engagement portion 2c1 and the lid engagement portion 1a1, it is possible to use a well-known structure in a general corrugated box such as a type with a tuck in flap.

In FIG. 2, the state where the right inner flap 2b and the lid 2c are closed is illustrated by chain lines. Specifically, the right inner flap 2b is in contact with the upper surface of the reference plane portion 3a1 of the shelf wall portion 3a to be in the horizontal position and the lid 2c is laid over the right inner flap 2b to be in the horizontal state.

The hold-down piece portion 7 includes left, right, and rear cuts 7d, 7c, 7b which are formed in the shelf portion 3a3 in a square U-shape and a hold-down piece 7e which is separated from the shelf portion 3a3 at the cuts 7d, 7c, 7b and which has a front portion connected to the shelf portion 3a3 as a connection portion 7a. The cuts 7d and 7b extend in the front-rear direction and the cut 7c extends in the left-right direction. Specifically, a portion of the hold-down piece 7e beyond the connection portion 7a can be made to stand relative to the shelf portion 3a3. FIGS. 1 and 2 illustrate a state where the hold-down piece 7e is raised by the finger or the like before being used.

Slits 7a1 are partially formed in the connection portion 7a. This can facilitate bending of the connection portion 7a by the finger or the like and cause the hold-down piece 7e to stand in a tilted state. Moreover, forming the slits 7a1 can reduce the stiffness of the connection portion 7a to such a level that, although the hold-down piece 7e can keep standing at a certain tilt angle by itself after being bent to stand in the tilted state, the tilt angle of the hold-down piece 7e can be easily changed by applying external force.

A bent portion 7e1 which has low bend stiffness and can be easily bent is formed in a center portion of the hold-down piece 7e in the front-rear direction by being pressed down halfway or the like. When the hold-down piece 7e is to be made to stand in the tilted state, the hold-down piece 7e is preferably slightly bent to protrude outward at the bent portion 7e1.

A portion of the hold-down piece 7e from the connection portion 7a to the bent portion 7e1 is referred to as a base portion 7e2 and a portion from the bent portion 7e1 to a distal end is referred to as a distal end portion 7e3. The hold-down piece 7e is made to stand in the tilted state in advance before being used, that is before the accessory is housed with the right inner flap 2b being open. An angle θa which is the tilt angle is set to be smaller than 90°. In this tilted standing position, the bent portion 7e1 protrudes outward, that is protrudes upward, the distal end portion 7e3 is tilted to extend upward toward the distal end, and the height position of the distal end 7e3a is above the reference height Ha. Moreover, the hold-down piece 7e stands with the distal end side thereof tilted toward the rear face portion 1c of the box 51.

The hold-down piece portion 7 is provided to house the accessory (for example, booklet 61) between the hold-down piece 7e and the abutting portion 3a4 of the shelf wall portion 3a. Specifically, the hold-down piece portion 7 is formed to hold the booklet 61 between the base portion 7e2 of the hold-down piece 7e and the abutting portion 3a4 in the front-rear direction and hold the booklet 61 between the base portion 7e2 of the hold-down piece 7e and the shelf portion 3a3 in the up-down direction.

When the booklet 61 is to be housed, as illustrated in FIGS. 1 and 2, the booklet 61 is placed on the shelf portion 3a3 while causing a rear end of the booklet 61 to abut on the abutting portion 3a4 and inserting a front end of the booklet 61 inside the hold-down piece 7e. Next, the right inner flap 2b is bent to cause the engagement protruding piece 2b2 to engage with the right engagement slit 5c. The right inner flap 2b is thereby set to the horizontal position. Then, the lid 2c is bent to cause the engagement portion 2c1 to engage with the lid engagement portion 1a1 and is thus closed in the horizontal position.

In this case, since at least the distal end 7e3a of the distal end portion 7e3 in the hold-down piece 7e is above the reference height Ha, the hold-down piece 7e is pressed downward by the right inner flap 2b and is tilted (arrow DR4) toward the shelf portion 3a3. FIG. 3 is a partial cross-sectional view illustrating a state where the hold-down piece 7e is pressed down by the right inner flap 2b as described above. As illustrated in FIG. 3, the base portion 7e2 comes into contact with an upper front corner portion 61a of the booklet 61 and biases the booklet 61 toward the oblique lower rear side with force Fa. Specifically, the booklet 61 biases the abutting portion 3a4 rearward with component force of the force Fa in the front-rear direction and biases the shelf portion 3a3 downward with component force of the force Fa in the up-down direction.

The booklet 61 is thereby held between the hold-down piece 7e and the abutting portion 3a4 on the shelf portion 3a3.

Any booklet 61 is similarly held regardless of its thickness as long as the upper front corner portion 61a comes into contact with the base portion 7e2 of the hold-down piece 7e as described above. FIG. 4 illustrates a holding mode in the case where the thickness of the booklet 61 is greater than that described in FIG. 3. When the thickness of the booklet 61 is greater, the tilt angle θc of the base portion 7e2 is greater than the tilt angle θb in FIG. 3 but the booklet 61 is preferably held.

FIG. 5 is a partial cross-sectional view illustrating a holding mode in a case where the thickness of the booklet 61 is the maximum thickness holdable by the box 51. In this case, the distal end portion 7e3 of the hold-down piece 7e comes into tight contact with the booklet 61 and is held between the booklet 61 and the right inner flap 2b. Moreover, in this state, the tilt angle θd of the base portion 7e2 is greater than the tilt angle θc described in FIG. 4 and is closer to 90°.

It is apparent from the aforementioned structure that the accessory is not limited to the booklet 61. In the box 51, the hold-down piece portion 7 can hold any accessory in the upper space Vb as long as the accessory has a substantially-box shape.

As described above in detail, in the box 51 of Example 1, closing the right inner flap 2b presses the hold-down piece 7e downward and the tilted base portion 7e2 of the hold-down piece 7e biases the upper front corner portion 61a of the accessory (for example, booklet 61) obliquely downward. Accordingly, the box 51 can hold the booklet 61 by holding it between the hold-down piece 7e and the abutting portion 3a4 and between the hold-down piece 7e and the shelf portion 3a3. The box 51 can thereby preferably hold the booklet 61 between the hold-down piece portion 7 and each of the shelf portion 3a3 and the abutting portion 3a4 regardless of the thickness of the booklet 61 as long as the upper front corner portion 61a comes into contact with the base portion 7e2.

Example 2

Example 2 is a box 51B in which the hold-down piece portion 7 of the box 51 is replaced by a hold-down piece portion 7B. Specifically, the box 51B is different from the box 51 only in a hold-down piece 7Be of the hold-down piece portion 7B. FIG. 6 is a partial cross-sectional view illustrating a state where the hold-down piece portion 7B of the box 51B is holding the booklet 61 being the accessory and is a view corresponding to FIG. 3.

Before being used, as illustrated by chain lines of FIG. 6, the hold-down piece 7Be is made to stand in a tilted state in which a bent portion 7Be1 is located above the reference height Ha. When the right inner flap 2b and the lid 2c are closed in this state, the right inner flap 2b presses the bent portion 7Be1 downward. A distal end portion 7Be3 thereby presses down an upper surface 61b of the booklet 61 from above and the booklet 61 is thus held.

FIG. 7 is a partial cross-sectional view illustrating a holding mode in the case where the thickness of the booklet 61 is greater than that described in FIG. 6. When the thickness of the booklet 61 is greater, the tilt angle θe of the distal end portion 7Be3 relative to the horizontal direction is smaller than the tilt angle θg in FIG. 6. However, the upper surface 61b of the booklet 61 is pressed down by the distal end portion 7Be3 and the booklet 61 is preferably held.

FIG. 8 is a partial cross-sectional view illustrating a holding mode in a case where the thickness of the booklet 61 is the maximum thickness holdable by the box 51B. In this case, as in the box 51, the distal end portion 7Be3 of the hold-down piece 7Be comes into tight contact with the booklet 61 and is held between the booklet 61 and the right inner flap 2b. Moreover, as illustrated in FIGS. 6 to 8, the tilt angle θf of a base portion 7Be2 is constant regardless of the thickness of the booklet 61.

In box 51B, the upper front corner portion 61a of the booklet 61 does not necessarily come into contact with the base portion 7Be2. Accordingly, various booklets 61 can be held even when the booklets 61 vary in the length in the front-rear direction, although the booklets 61 may slightly move in the front-rear direction. Moreover, for example, when the box 51B is tilted downward toward the front side, as illustrated in FIG. 9, there may be a case where the booklet 61 moves forward and the upper front corner portion 61a biases (arrow DR5) the base portion 7Be2 forward. Also in this case, the bent portion 7Be1 is firmly held down by the right inner flap 2b and the movement of the base portion 7Be2 is restricted. Thus, the movement of the booklet 61 is also restricted and the booklet 61 is firmly held while being allowed to slightly move in the front-rear direction in the upper space Vb.

It is apparent from the aforementioned structure that the accessory is not limited to the booklet 61. In the box 51B, an accessory of any shape can be held in the upper space Vb as long as the distal end portion 7Be3 of the hold-down piece portion 7B can press the accessory downward.

As described above in detail, in the box 51B of Example 2, closing the right inner flap 2b presses downward the bent portion 7Be1 protruding upward and the distal end portion 7Be3 presses downward the upper surface 61b of the accessory 61. Accordingly, the box 51B can hold the booklet 61 by holding it between the hold-down piece 7Be and the shelf portion 3a3.

The examples described above in detail are not limited to the aforementioned configurations and may be modified examples modified within a scope not departing from the spirit of the present invention.

The hold-down piece 7e, 7Be in Examples 1, 2 may be modified to hold-down pieces 71e, 71Be which include supporting pieces 71f, 71Bf as bent portions protruding further from the distal ends 7e3a, 7Be3a of the hold-down pieces 71e, 71Be. These hold-down pieces 71e, 71Be are described with reference to FIGS. 10 to 13.

FIG. 10 is a partial cross-sectional view illustrating the hold-down piece 71e which is the modified example of the hold-down piece 7e in Example 1. Before being used, the hold-down piece 71e is set to a state where a portion thereof including the distal end 7e3a is located above the reference height position Ha and the distal end of the supporting piece 71f is bent to extend downward toward the front side. FIG. 11 is a partial cross-sectional view illustrating a state where the hold-down piece 71e holds the booklet 61. As illustrated in FIG. 11, the booklet 61 receives not only the force Fa from the base portion 7e2 at the upper front corner portion 61a but also force Fb from the supporting piece 71f on the upper surface 61b, the force Fb generated by resilience of the bent supporting piece 71f. Accordingly, the booklet 61 is more surely held.

FIG. 12 is a partial cross-sectional view illustrating the hold-down piece 71Be which is the modified example of the hold-down piece 7Be in Example 2. Before being used, the hold-down piece 71Be is set to a state where a portion thereof including the bent portion 7Be1 is located above the reference height position Ha and the distal end of the supporting piece 71Bf is bent to extend downward toward the front side. FIG. 13 is a partial cross-sectional view illustrating a state where the hold-down piece 71Be holds the booklet 61. As illustrated in FIG. 13, the booklet 61 receives force Fc from the supporting piece 71Bf, the force Fc being resultant force of the resilience of the bent supporting piece 71Bf and force originally generated when the bent portion 7Be1 is held down by the right inner flap 2b. Accordingly, the booklet 61 is more surely held.

Moreover, the boxes 51, 51B may be boxes 511, 511B which are modified examples including, in addition to the hold-down piece portions 7, 7B, lateral hold-down piece portions 8, 8B configured to restrict the position of the booklet 61 in the left-right direction with the right face portion 1b. FIG. 14 is a partial cross-sectional view illustrating the box 511 as a representative and is a view corresponding to the hold-down piece portion 7 and its periphery in FIG. 1.

As illustrated in FIG. 14, the box 511 includes the lateral hold-down piece portion 8 having a structure similar to the hold-down piece portion 7, at a position corresponding to a left end of the booklet 61 in the shelf portion 3a3 of the shelf wall portion 3a, in a direction orthogonal to the hold-down piece portion 7. Specifically, a hold-down piece 8e of the lateral hold-down piece portion 8 stands with the distal end side thereof tilted toward the right face portion 1b to which the rear face portion 1c is adjacent and connected. The front and left ends of the booklet 61 are thus held down by the hold-down piece portion 7 and the hold-down piece portion 8, respectively, and the booklet 61 is held between these portions 7, 8 and the abutting portion 3a4 and the right face portion 1b. The same applies to the box 511B. The box 511B includes a lateral hold-down piece portion 8B in a direction orthogonal to the hold-down piece portion 7B and the front and left ends of the booklet 61 are pressed down. Accordingly, in the boxes 511, 511B, the position of the booklet 61 is restricted in both of the front-rear direction and the left-right direction and the booklet 61 is held more preferably.

Claims

1. A packaging box comprising:

a shelf portion which partitions an interior of the packaging box into an upper space and a lower space;

an inner flap which is located above the shelf portion as an inner lid and which is bendable to a closed position where the inner flap faces the shelf portion while extending parallel thereto; and

a hold-down piece which is disposed at a position facing the inner flap at the closed position in the shelf portion and which has a first bent portion bendable to protrude outward in a middle portion of the hold-down piece, the hold-down piece formed by cutting and raising the shelf portion to be capable of standing in a tilted state where a distal end side thereof extends toward a first side portion.

2. The packaging box according to claim 1, wherein the hold-down piece includes a second bent portion bendable to protrude outward, the second bent portion being closer to the distal end than the first bent portion is.

3. The packaging box according to claim 1, further comprising a second hold-down piece which is disposed at a position facing the inner flap at the closed position in the shelf portion and which has a third bent portion bendable to protrude outward in a middle portion of the second hold-down piece, the second hold-down piece formed by cutting and raising the shelf portion and making the second hold-down piece capable of standing in a tilted state where a distal end side thereof extends toward a second side portion adjacent and connected to the first side portion.

4. A packaging method using the packaging box according to claim 1, comprising:

causing the hold-down piece to stand in the tilted state where a distal end portion of the hold-down piece is located above a lower surface of the inner flap at the closed position while bending the first bent portion to make it protrude outward;

placing an object to be packaged on the shelf portion such that the object to be packaged comes into contact or is capable of coming into contact with a tilted portion of the hold-down piece on a base side of the first bent portion, and bringing the inner flap to the closed position and causing the inner flap to bias the hold-down piece downward to cause the packaging box to hold the object to be packaged between the tilted portion and each of the shelf portion and the first side portion.

5. A packaging method using the packaging box according to claim 1, comprising:

causing the hold-down piece to stand in the tilted state where the first bent portion is located above a lower surface of the inner flap at the closed position while bending the first bent portion to make it protrude outward; and

inserting an object to be packaged between the shelf portion and a distal end portion of the hold-down piece on the distal end side of the first bent portion and bringing the inner flap to the closed position and causing the inner flap to bias the hold-down piece downward to cause the packaging box to hold the object to be packaged between the shelf portion and the distal end portion.

6. A packaging method using the packaging box according to claim 2, comprising:

causing the hold-down piece to stand in the tilted state where the second bent portion is located above a lower surface of the inner flap at the closed position while bending the first bent portion to make it protrude outward and bending the second bent portion to make it protrude outward such that a supporting piece on the distal end side of the second bent portion comes closer to a base of the hold-down piece while extending to the distal end; and

placing an object to be packaged on the shelf portion such that the object to be packaged comes into contact or is capable of coming into contact with a tilted portion of the hold-down piece on a base side of the first bent portion, and bringing the inner flap to the closed position and causing the inner flap to bias the hold-down piece downward to cause the packaging box to hold the object to be packaged between the first side portion and the tilted portion and between the shelf portion and the supporting piece.

7. A packaging method using the packaging box according to claim 2, comprising:

causing the hold-down piece to stand in the tilted state where the first bent portion is located above a lower surface of the inner flap at the closed position while bending the first bent portion to make it protrude outward and bending the second bent portion to make it protrude outward such that a supporting piece on the distal end side of the second bent portion comes closer to a base of the hold-down piece while extending toward the distal end; and

placing an object to be packaged between the supporting piece and the shelf portion and bringing the inner flap to the closed position and causing the inner flap to bias the hold-down piece downward to cause the packaging box to hold the object to be packaged between the supporting piece and the shelf portion.

8. A packaging method comprising:

using a packaging box comprising a shelf portion which partitions an interior of the packaging box into an upper space and a lower space, an inner flap which is located above the shelf portion as an inner lid and which is bendable to a closed position where the inner flap faces the shelf portion while extending parallel thereto, and a hold-down piece which is disposed at a position facing the inner flap at the closed position in the shelf portion and which the hold-down piece formed by cutting and raising the shelf portion to be capable of standing in a tilted state where a distal end side thereof extends toward a first side portion,

causing the hold-down piece to stand in the tilted state where a distal end portion of the hold-down piece is located above a lower surface of the inner flap at the closed position;

placing an object to be packaged on the shelf portion such that the object to be packaged comes into contact or is capable of coming into contact with a tilted portion on a base side of the hold-down piece, and bringing the inner flap to the closed position and causing the inner flap to bias the hold-down piece downward to cause the packaging box to hold the object to be packaged between the tilted portion and each of the shelf portion and the first side portion.